There's been some great music released since the last New Music Friday episode in late November. So, this Friday, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Nate Chinen from NPR member station WRTI in Philadelphia catch you up on the best albums we heard in December.
Featured albums
- ROSÉ, rosie
- Lauren Mayberry, Vicious Creature
- Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner & Peter Bernstein, Solid Jackson
- The Innocence Mission, Midwinter Swimmers
- SAULT, Acts of Faith
Other notable albums
Global pop
- Carin Leon, Palabra De To's
- TWICE, STRATEGY EP
- Stray Kids, HOP
- Myke Towers, LYKE MIIKE• Russ Millions, OOAK Vol. 1
- Elmiene, For The Deported EP
Hip-hop
- Bossman Dlow, Dlow Curry
- Smino, Maybe in Nirvana
- Roc Marciano & The Alchemist, The Skeleton Key
- Nettspend, Bad Ass F****** Kid
- Mozzy & Kalan.FrFr, LUCKY HER
Indie
- Cameron Winter, Heavy Metal
- Kassie Krut, s/t EP
- Julie Beth Napolin, Only the Void Stands Between Us
- Babymorocco, Amour
- Dungen, Otis
- Amen Dunes, Death Jokes II
Ambient detours
- Saint Etienne, The Night
- Röyksopp, Nebulous Nights (An Ambient Excursion into Profound Mysteries and True Electric)
Out there
- Fennesz, Mosaic
- Aphex Twin, Music from the Merch Desk
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Queer OST
- Shinichi Atobe, Discipline
Live albums
- The Gits, Live at the X-Ray
- Dua Lipa, Live from Royal Albert Hall
- Natalia Lafourcade, Live at Carnegie Hall
- The National, Rome
- Tori Amos, Diving Deep Live
- Interpol, Live at Third Man Records
- Laufey, A Night at the Symphony
Cover projects
- Lucinda Williams, Sings the Beatles From Abbey Road
- Angel Olsen, Cosmic Waves Vol. 1
- Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown OST
CREDITS
- Host: Stephen Thompson, NPR Music
- Guest: Nate Chinen, WRTI
- Producer: Simon Rentner
- Editor: Otis Hart
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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